Artifact 2

Artifact Title: Heart Play

PSOE Proficiency Addressed: 4.0 The canidate displays professional commitment to the teaching philosophy of differentiated instruction to support students' diverse learning needs to maximize learning.


Artifact Description: 

The "Heart Play" is a play that would describe the effects of healthy eating and horrible eating. It would start out as a person eating badly and showing the effects it has on the heart and the body. After the play shows what effects bad eating does then it will go into the part where exercise and healthy eating can do for your body.

This play would be better for upper elementary (3-5) to be able to grasp the full content. This play would use most of the students from those grades. It would be an event that students would invite the community to. It would show that they understand the health and fitness they need to be able to stay alive and thriving.


Artifact Link to PSOE Proficiency:

This artifact helps link me to the PSOE proficiency because it is a very diverse way of teaching students. This would get students to move, read, and speak. They are learning spatial, kinesthesis, linguistic, and intrapersonal areas of their learning. All of these tie into the 4.0 proficiency because students do learn in a variety of ways and I feel that a play would help them get their artistic side out.


Reflection:

I chose this artifact because I am very artistic, hands-on learner. I understand that students need to move and I feel that this artifact has helped me grow because I am accessing a side of me that students will hopefully compare themselves to. As I have explained above this particular assignment has many different learning styles that students have.

Artifact Number 1

Artifact Title     Bully Smack down                                 Date     10/4/12

PSOE Proficiency Addressed   1.0 The candidate uses knowledge of curriculum, learner differences, and ongoing assessment data to plan for student access to same essential content.

Artifact Description (provide context about the artifact by describing what, when, where, why, how)

“Bully Smack down” is a role play game that can teach students about the dangers of eating disorders, the media, and themselves. It will highlight what the media does to photos and what is expected of certain companies in the world. It will open their eyes to what really happens in the media and what they can do for their own self-esteem.

This particular activity would be for 4^th and 5^th graders. Personally I think they can grasp the concept and understand what is going on in the lesson. For this lesson I would use a power point to show anorexia and bulimia and the effects they can have on the body. I would also hold a class discussion before showing the power point to understand what they are thinking about the media. Do they think that those pictures are not messed with? Do they put a standard on girls and boys to look and act like the stars do. Do they think everything that happens in Hollywood is good? Who are good role models? Who do you know that has stood up for eating disorders?

These questions will give me a perception of what they know and what they think is important to body image.

Bully Smack down will be a game that is played by the class. It will be comprised of groups, individuals and talks about skinniness and “fat”. There will be a “bully” that picks on another student first. Then the student will talk about how they felt when they were bullied. The bullied student will get a turn to “bully” the other person back. During this lesson I will talk about personal image and healthy choices. I will also show a video of Tyra Banks talking about the model industry. I feel that she truthfully tells what happens in the industry of models and their eating habits.

Also, after bully smackdown I will give the students a blank sheet of paper to trace their hand on. Once traced, I will ask the class to pass around their papers and put one great thing about that person on that sheet.

Artifact Link to PSOE Proficiency (explain how the artifact helps you meet the PSOE Proficiency)

This artifact addresses Proficiency 1.0 because it shows that I understand the different needs for the students. It also shows that I understand the standard behind the activity that I am trying to meet. Learner Differences are highlighted in this particular lesson.

Bodily/Kinesthetic: The student will get up and move.

Interpersonal/Intrapersonal: Students will be able to think about themselves and other in this activity. How they felt when they got bullied verses what it felt like to be “in power”.

Visual: The power point will help these learners organize their thoughts.

Reflection (reflect on why you chose this artifact and how the artifact has contributed to your development as a teacher generally and as a teacher with a Differentiated Instruction perspective).

During students’ development at the older elementary age they are experiencing changes in their thoughts and who they hang out with. This activity will help them when they transition into middle school and high school. It will help them sort out what is going on and what they should do if they got into trouble with an eating disorder or if they feel self-conscience. (who isn’t in middle and high school). This game would be appropriate to teach with science because they also can learn how their body functions properly. I believe students will react positively to this assignment. In the end the student would have a page full of positive things for them to look at. I know I still have mine from when I did it in middle school. 

Activity Assignment 3

Professional Literature:

Summary

The Importance of Movement and Physical Activity

                Physical Activity not only helps children reduce fat, build muscle, and help joint movement, it also can be part of your everyday classroom lessons. The physical activity is being taken from the classroom instruction to improve time for more content areas. Using motion as a part of your lessons improves the students’ memory because they are already built for motion. By doing this you are helping the students learn across the curriculum in all subjects. When the subjects are related to one another it also helps build stronger schemas in the brain for memory.

               

Reaction

                This article could not be true enough. All of this we have learned in class whether it be this PED course or other education classes.

Summary/ Reaction

Winter Physical Activity

                Why aren’t we more mobile in the winter? This article tells us of some fun activities that we can do inside and outside to keep our bodies moving in a good way to fight off that winter fat we put on. The days are shorter and colder and busier for all families. Holiday gatherings and school functions keep us inside and not moving. Try some of these fun activities and you will find yourself feeling better and keeping warm during the cold winter months.

PE Central

                This website is full of activities and lessons you can do with your class to help educate them about the importance of eating healthy and movement. I know I will absolutely use this in the future for some fun indoor and outdoor activities for my classes.

How it makes me a better teacher…

                This information will help me be a better ECE teacher because this information will help me plan my lessons around physical activity and movement because all kids love to move more than they love to sit still. 

Popular Literature

Three interesting facts

1.       The coach didn’t allow water breaks.

2.       Max was a people pleaser

3.       I didn’t know that when your body temperature rose to a high degree that our cells melted.

Reaction

                Honestly I read this article because the story seemed really interesting. As a coach you always need to be safe when players are fully padded and running in hot weather. I know as I watched my brother play football the coaches seemed it was too dangerous to practice in the afternoon so they switched practice to early morning. The coaches did this so they could get a full practice in going into the first few games. It was either practice before school or in the gym which wasn’t air conditioned at all. 

Activity Assignment 2

Activity Assignment 2

1.       What is the purpose of the GACE?

a.       There are two tests you take pertaining in being certified to be a teacher in Georgia. These tests are called GACE (Georgia Assessment for the Certification of Educators). The first test is the basic skills part. It can be compared to the SAT. If you get 1,000 or higher on your SATs then you can exempt this basic skills test. The second test(s) you would take is to certify you as a teacher. It test you on the content that you will teach as an educator.

2.       What is meant by “selected-response” (SR) and “constructed-response” (CR) items?

a.       Selected response items are the questions on the GACE that are multiple choice questions. Selected response is just a fancy word for multiple choice questions. The constructed response is the written part of the GACE. The test has a writing prompt and you are to answer on their answer document to the best of your ability. During the second GACE you will answer writing prompts that are aligned with the content of the specific area of which you are testing. The basic skills constructed response is just like the writing prompts you have had in the past on the SAT or writing tests.

3.       Identify the name of your test.

a.       GACE Basic Skills

b.      GACE Early Childhood 001

c.       GACE Early Childhood 002

4.       Identify the sub-areas of content for your test.

a.       Early Childhood 001: reading and social studies

b.      Early Childhood 002: science, math, health/pe, arts

5.       How many SR and CR items are there for each sub-area on your test?

a.       On the first test there are 30 questions each for the different content. Also there is one question pertaining to each content area.

b.      On the second test there are 20 questions each for science and math and then there are 10 other questions that pertain to HPE and the arts. Also there are one question each pertaining to science and math.

6.       And 7.      Identify the sub areas of content for the HPE test.

a.       Personal Health and Development (22)

b.      Disease and Health Risk Prevention (22)

c.       Family and Social Relationships (16)

d.      Motor Learning, Motor Development, and Movement Concepts (20)

e.      Health-Related Fitness (20)

f.        Sports and Lifetime Activities (20)

Activity Assignment 1

Activity Assignment 1

Document 1: Application for Admission into the PSOE Program

                This document is the Application for Admission into the Price School of Education Program here at Reinhardt. Any education major has to apply with this document to be in the program and to take your major course. This application will tell the professors more about who you are as a person and who they are taking in their school. After you turn this document in with the others you need you sign up for an interview with the professors. The interview is important because it also helps them verify who you are as a person.

Document 2: Sports Studies Internship Application

                This is the Sports Studies internship Application. This helps the sports studies program organize who gets internships out in the field. It helps the professors in this program get to know their students even more because this application is most likely turned in when students are juniors or seniors. It helps students organize who they are and where they want to work in the field of sports.

Document 3: Courses for the ECE Program for Traditional students

                This document is the course assignments for all ECE, Early Childhood Education, students here at Reinhardt. It tells what all courses you need and gives you different options to what to take. When you come is as a freshman you start looking at the left side of the page and work your way to the right side which is when you get into the PSOE to finish your degree.

Document 4: Course for the ECE WAIT Program students

This document is for the WAIT students. The WAIT program is for non-traditional, night going students who have to work during the day. It also tells what the students have to take in order to fulfill their degree in the Early Childhood Education program. They             go through the same classes as the traditional students but at night.

Document 5: The Advisors’ Form

                This form is for the advisors. It helps them keep track of their students and what they are taking. Advisors have multiple students to take of so they have to keep all of them on track to graduate. These forms help advisors keep organized.

Document 6: Candidate Evaluation Form

                Students who want to get into the PSOE give this form to three professors. Two forms go to people inside the PSOE and one goes to another professor outside the PSOE. These are strictly confidential after given to the professor. The professors then give this form to Glenda Bell, who works beside Dr. Curry’s office. This form is part of the Application to Admission to the PSOE.

Document 7: Power Point: Lesson Plan building

                This power point helps students know how to make lesson plans that are effective and workable in the classroom. It goes step by step into how to build a lesson plan and what is it in. This model for a lesson plan is the “work backwards” plan. You find the ultimate goal of your students during that class time and then you figure out your lesson from that. It is supposed to be simpler than going straight through a lesson plan.

Document 8: Rubric for Lesson Plans

                This is the rubric for the lesson plans you will be making. It tells you what completes a successful lesson plan to get your main point across. Your lesson plan should be so detailed that somebody could walk into your class and be able to teach the lesson for the day.

Document 9: Sports Studies power point

                This power point is to get the sports studies majors or freshman excited for what all they have to look forward to during their time at Reinhardt. There are details about how to be effective and powerful in your profession, no matter what field you are going into.

Document 10: Sports Studies Newsletter

                This is a newsletter that gives detail about what is going on the Sports studies field. It gives important information about certain students, who to look out for, and alumni updates that are important for all Sports Studies majors to know about.